Trumbull teen charged with head-butting Stamford cop

Staff Reports

Published 10:48 pm, Friday, June 21, 2013

STAMFORD -- A Trumbull teen was charged with assaulting a police officer downtown at Thursday's first Alive@Five concert of the season.

Shane Veras, 19, of 640 Shelton Road, was charged with assault on a police officer, interfering with a police officer and breach of peace after he allegedly head-butted an officer escorting him to a holding tent for drunken concert-goers, police said.

He was held overnight in lieu of $10,000 bond.

Police said Veras was pulled out of the concert because he had alcohol on his breath and was acting in a drunken manner shortly before 9 p.m.

He was put in the holding tent where he kept trying to stand up and leave, but he repeatedly fell back into his chair, Sgt Robert Littlejohn said. But at approximately 9 p.m., he surprised a police sergeant in the tent when he succeeded in running backward through a rear entrance of the tent.

Outside the tent, Sgt. Richard Barbagallo caught up with Veras, who resisted being led back to the tent and struggled with Barbagallo, Littlejohn said.

Police officers were able to get handcuffs on Veras, but when he came near Barbagallo, he head-butted the officer, Littlejohn said.